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Ok so i have no fear of being first or being wrong or both so here goes. I dont think your surgeon did you any favors with the solid foods 2 weeks in. the 5-6 week transition back to solids gives you a chance to get your brain and stomach talking to each other again in a healthy way. It provides a time for you to learn the difference between Head hunger and actual hunger. lets face it no one in need of WS surgery is in any danger of starving to death. If we cant be honest with ourselves and other WS patients who can we be honest with. that "Hunger" you feel every 2 hours is in your head and you have not taken the time since surgery to break that habit. i honestly dont know what your doctor was thinking. maybe some others who had doctors that let them go back to solids so fast will jump in later and explain it. i cant recommend anything except to try to get past eating every 2 hours. that is what got you to this point in the first place get water and protein in that order in the start try to keep calorie count low and stretch out the time between meals a little at a time till you get back to a more eating schedule good luck

lex, first off you are not "doing anything wrong". Its a 12 to 18 month process and it will not go all downhill all the time. some things to think about. are you weight lifting in that 5-6 days exercise. if you are make sure to do it only every other day. The benefit from lifting weights comes during the day of recovery so give your muscles a day to rebuild before you tear into them again. walk or do other non lifting things on the other days. if your not lifting at all try to add it in. It was awkward cause i literally has to start at 30 pounds on the fly machine but i choked down my ego and embarrassment and now i am up to 110 pounds. try to add new things to throw your body a workout curve. dont get into a rut cause your body is very adaptive and will get less benefit from the same action if repeated long enough. good luck and stay positive

I would guess it's hormonal. The amazing thing about GS is it changes the hormonal balance and resets all the signals that have helped our bodies block us from weight loss in the past. You still have those same signals fighting every pound of weight loss pre surgery. Never forget that your body does not want your weight to drop. The status quo is of upmost importance to your body and its does amazing things to maintain weight or to get it back if you force it off. Keep your chin up and think positive. After surgery you and your body will get along much better and have goals that are more inline with each other unless the issue was a serious fatty liver the weight loss pre surgery shouldn't be the deciding factor and you should be ok. good luck and i hope all goes well.

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Just something to browse https://www.bariatricfoodie.com/how-to-calculate-your-of-excess-body-weight-lost/ http://www.weightlosssurgerypodcast.com/056-randy-seeley-phd-the-biology-of-body-weight/ 56 minutes in. Every person who has had or is thinking about surgery listen to this part.

OMG 13 day pre surgery liquid diet. WOW just WOW I may just kiss my surgeon when i see him next and blame your doctor (LOL) Dam i still cant get past seeing that day 13 in your post. good luck and i hope it all goes great for you during surgery and after.

I know that feeling. My energy levels were Scary high for months after surgery. they have returned to what i feel is more normal now but still way above pre-surgery. I literally was bouncing off the walls, could not stay sitting. A lot like a toddler who goes 100 miles and hour then just falls over asleep. That was me for months. Felt great but a little scary at the same time. So glad you are having a positive WLS experience. Enjoy to the fullest.

3 pounds PER WEEK. YOU are in the group that this is working very well for. my god thats 12 pounds per month 144 pounds in a year thats an amazing stat. you are standing to close to the tree to see the forest all around you. You have had a good start and those numbers will lead you to great place in life. The only thing i would add is some light weight training starting the second month after you are all cleared by doctor. Muscle keeps the metabolism up and make your new slimmer you look and feel better. good luck and keep up the great work you are doing.

An unflavored protein powder added to something you are already eating would only add 60 or so more calories instead of 280 and still let you get daily protein. This next sentence will get me a lot of hate mail but some doctors are a little overboard with the protein number they tell you to hit. I dont know what target you are trying to reach but try to add some powder to oatmeal or a yogurt you were eating anyway and see if you can get daily calories down to a number that makes you feel more comfortable. You have to live with the choices and if they are making you uncomfortable you need to make adjustments to ensure you can do them forever. this is not a diet you do for a few months these are life long changes and you need to be all in mentally to keep it up.

no sugar - less that 10 added sugar per day) no more than 3 pieces of fruit per week and never drink fruit juice low carb - under 80 grams per day if you have any meals with very little fat try to add fat to that meal. Fat makes you feel full but doesnt spike blood sugar which in turn keeps insulin down. make sure your hitting protein target. use food app or go back to food app if you have drifted away from recording every item you eat the feeling you need more food sounds like low fat diet to me. Take all daily with A HUGE grain of salt (lol) and read the comics daily cause lord knows the rest of the news is depressing as hell good luck

Can so relate. while the number is not the same i feel a since urgency to see 199 instead of 200 something and it will not go away. it been more than 15 years since i weighed under 200 and now all i think about before each saturday weigh in is did i finaly make it below 200. Mentaly these last 4 pounds in the 200's are really doing a number on me. I even put on a pair of 34x29 levi 501 yesterday and i put them back and told myself again no new pants till we get below 200. i have worked my way back thru all my old jeans from 48 down to last pair i had stored a 42 and i am on my 3rd belt but i still cant get that dam number out of my head. its get below 200 or nothing else matters. The mental game is as hard or harder than the eating part post surgery. good luck and take a moment to enjoy breaking that threshold when it comes and try to find a lot of small milestones to give you a since of progress. Your weight will not be the mark of progress. Being able to put my wedding ring back on was a big one for me. going to Scottish games with my daughter and walking around all day was a big one for me. try to find these non weight milestones and embrace them. good luck

MBJ, Since you didnt mention when you had surgery its harder to tell if this a long term issue or just passing. lots of GS patients dont get hungry and it varies from person to person how long it last. A few never feel hunger again and need to set a schedule to ensure they eat and maintain there health. cant say what group your in yet. just remember the only thing you cant do without for a while is water so get that water in. you have time to come to terms with anything else. lets face it fat people dont starve to death very quick. keep up the water take your vitamins and try to work in the protein. then work on the food issues but dont let the stress of worry about food add more problems unless this gets to be a real long term problem. good luck

i really do wish i would have had the courage to do pre-op pictures but i have spent so many years avoiding the camera and mirrors that i just could not go there. If i could send back 1 message to the old me it would be take that picture and know you will never be that person again. GS has changed so much of my life and i want to shout it from the roof tops. and for all those that say "i cheated or took the easy route" i just say come spend the day with me and follow my routine and eat what i eat and see if anything i do is "easy" the surgery is a tool but it does not just give you a new life. You have to work for it.

Wow, Passive aggressive and sorry to say he did do it on purpose and making excuses for him wont change anything. you can accept that he is that way but dont excuse it. i wish you luck and hope you have a support system that doesnt include or depend on your husband because he is coming up way short in the support and nurture dept. dam that all looks as bad as it feels sorry to say it but excuses are what got us all here and thats one habit we have to break if we want a new life. good luck and i hope it gets better for you soon. keep us updated and hopefully the others will provide you with more encouragement.

as little as possible. travel toothbrush and paste some comfortable pj's if you hate hospitals gowns and well nothing else unless you are scheduled for more than a day. i slept most of day of surgery and spent the night walking in circles around the 3rd floor. and went home around 10 a.m. the next day after surgery so i needed nothing. Some people spend longer in hospital so needs might change. Also i am a guy and we just dont care what we look like or wear most of the time so there is that. LOL

Ran across this when i was looking for things about my nose running. From a Bariatric web site. Have seen many people mention one of the things mentioned here. Never made the connection DOES YOUR NOSE RUN WHEN YOU EAT? I HICCUP AFTER I’VE BEEN EATING FOR A BIT, DOES THAT HAPPEN TO ANYONE ELSE? WHEN I AM ALMOST FINISHED WITH MY MEAL, I SNEEZE. IT HAPPENS EVERY TIME! IS SOMETHING WRONG? Runny nose, hiccups, sneezing … it’s your NEW alarm! You are not alone, it is very common, post weight loss surgery, to have one of these things happen while you are eating. After surgery the Vagus Nerve, an important sensor that runs from your brain to your gut, is easily stimulated due to our altered anatomy. This nerve regulates digestion, detoxification, our “fight or flight” response, various aspects of heart rate and blood pressure and more. When it is stimulated you may have repetitive or single hiccups, sneezing, and or a runny nose. LISTEN TO YOUR BODY as this is your new warning system telling you that you are getting really close to being full! Pay close attention to not over eat past this point. This action is NOT a cue for you to take a break and then go back and finish. It means you are done. I personally make a single hiccup when I am right about to be too full. It’s my signal to stop. This has happened at supper every night for sixteen years! What is your sign?

The no hunger part last 5 weeks for me. The greatest weight loss was during the first 8 weeks. I have lost 8-10 pounds per month every month from 8 weeks on so far (knocks on wood)

Hey Boatnam1, They call that drowning. Just Kidding. Dont know if i will ever swim again even after the weight loss. The loose skin is not something i will ever be comfortable with in public but maybe with a shirt on i could spend some time in the water. I would do water skiing in a second since the life vest would hide all.

I also carry my weight around the middle and it has been the slowest to go down. As the rest of you shrinks it make the gut look even bigger and harder to notice when it also shrinks. Use the measurements to see the progress even when you don't think anything is happening there might be something that you just dont notice cause of the all over changes going on.

my eating schedule has more to do with my diabetes than anything else. not everyone has the same complications from being overweight but blood sugar control is one of the main goals with my schedule and with the types of foods (low carb, no sugar) others my have no issues with more carbs or more frequent eating but for me i have to stop all food after 8 to ensure i have low blood sugar the next day. You have to look at what your goal is - weight loss only or are you working on other health issues also. those other issues can push in a slightly different direction than a weight loss only person

850-1000 according to myfitness pal. 3 meals of 250-350 calories each. i target 90 grams protein with 30 of that from protein drink. then fat, carbs and less than 5 grams sugar per day. i eat at 12, 4, 8 and do morning workouts cause thats what works for my schedule.

Read this Today. Recent study of obesity and loss of taste buds. This is the conclusion half of article. So Dando looked at one more group of mice – a bunch of mutants that can't produce a molecule called TNF alpha, a compound that creates inflammation in the body. TNF alpha and other compounds that create inflammation are naturally higher in obese individuals – both humans and mice — and cause them to have a higher background levels of inflammation. Even when these mice became very fat, they also didn't lose any taste buds. "[It means] taste bud loss is really related to that inflammatory state," Dando says. That's a key finding, says Dr. John Morton, the chief of bariatric medicine at Stanford University, who was not involved in the new study. "We've known for a long time that obesity is a disease of inflammation," he says. "Before this study, we didn't know that there is a connection between inflammation and the proliferation of taste buds, and that actually leads to the decrease in taste sensitivity." It's important to note that this study was done in mere mice, but Morton says that the situation is likely the same for human beings, too. "In this particular circumstance, it's reasonable to make that extrapolation [to humans.] We've done human studies that have similar findings," he says. That blunting of taste may make it more difficult for obese individuals to adhere to certain diets, Morton says. With a diminished sense of taste, people need stronger, more richly flavored food in order to enjoy it as much as someone with 25 percent more taste buds. "Often that means more sugar and fat," Morton says. "And more calories." It's not a permanent loss, though. Studies on bariatric surgery patients show that they start noticing food tastes better and more intense a couple of months after their operation. "This is a two-way mechanism. Probably the opposite happens," Dando says. Taste buds do come back.

Was wondering where on yourself did you notice the weight loss first. For me it was hands and forearms followed by face and neck area. Dead last was waist (belly)

well Duk i guesss i'll be the first to wade into this mess. the purpose of all those early restrictions is to allow the massive injury inside you to heal fully. so if you manage to dodge all the possible issues with those foods and that huge line of stitches inside you then no long term problem. BUT the issue here is really that you are not winning the mental game and after surgery its almost all about the mental game. The hunger and cravings are head hunger not actual hunger and by pushing ahead in the stages you are not learning to tell the difference. You will lose weight at the start very easily but it gets harder each month to get the pounds off. You are going to reach that point just as fast as you are going thru stages. I am going to hope i am dead wrong about every word above and in a year you have amazing results. good luck p.s. the eat/drink thing put that at the bottom of your worry list

LoL grats Mat Take every little or not so little Victory you can get. Hope each day gets better and better